From: jp@nuancecom.com (JP Shipherd) Subject: Re: xterm for win32 3 Mar 1997 19:56:41 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970303190533.00cadd40.cygnus.gnu-win32@awesome.nuance.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: jp@awesome.nuance.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Original-To: Scott Kay , jp@nuancecom.com Original-Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com At 06:22 PM 3/3/97 -0500, Scott Kay wrote: >>>>>> "JP" == JP Shipherd writes: > > JP> Has anyone found anything like an xterm that they can use as a > JP> substitue for the cmd window on NT? > > JP> I really miss the scroll bar and simple cut and paste. > > If you just want these two items you can add them easily to your >native NT command window. Just access the "Properties" menu entry on >the command prompt and set the "Screen Buffer Size" field in the >"layout" tab control. Setting the "Height" to something like 2000 >gives a nice scroll buffer, like an xterm. This is definitly handy but after 2000 lines the scroll bar just evaporates. Instead of getting rid of the oldest 1 every time it needs to add a new one (like an xterm does). This can be quite disconcerting. Is this configurable? Thanks, --jp - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".